Interview with Marita Brake and Rhondal McKinney
Discussing Illinois, its prairies, rivers and cities through music and poetry with singer and poet Marita Brake and documentary photographer Rhondal McKinney.
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Interview with Alfred Brendel
Apr. 28, 1994 Interviewing pianist, painter and essayist Alfred Brendel.
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Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Bob Gibson and author and poet Shel Silverstein
Jul. 27, 1993 Focus of the interview is Gibson's record Makin' a Mess.
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Interviewing poet Lisel Mueller and the Ragdale Ensemble
Sep. 17, 1986 The Ragdale Ensemble is a wind piano group composed of artists from the Ragdale artists' colony in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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Discussing Irish poet and novelist James Joyce with Myron Myers
Feb. 26, 1988 Myers performed in a recording of the musical setting "Pomes Penyeach Settings of Poetry by James Joyce."
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Ralph Ellison American novelist and literary critic discusses his life and writing
1970 Ralph Ellison, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction for his book "Invisible Man," discusses his early life and education and his life as a writer and lifetime scholar. He speaks on being a musician (trumpet), the joy of music and the Church and how they fit into the lives of African Americans.